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Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels, known as M23, say they are protecting ethnic Tutsis, the minority group massacred in a 1994 genocide.

The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region’s major city.